"The Cleaner" was created by Jonathan Price ("American Dreams") and Robert Munic and was based on a real-life extreme interventionist. Bratt will play William, a former convict and addict who makes a deal with God to go straight and help other people get clean "by any means necessary."

A&E has asked for a second episode script as well.

Bratt's casting is the second big-name pilot addition of the week for A&E, following the addition of Patrick Swayze to the network's "The Beast."

The is Bratt's second consecutive project with A&E after starring in the cable net's miniseries adaptation of "The Andromeda Strain." Last seen on the small screen toplining NBC's "E-Ring," the "Law & Order" veteran's next film offering is "Love in the Time of Cholera."